Skid-elevator



(No Model.)

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SKID ELEVATOR. No. 298,933. Patented May 20, 1884.

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SYLVESTER BAROUS, OF ETNA, OHIO.

SKID-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,933, dated May 20, 1884.

Application filed April 14, 1884.

or lifted by hand, or for raising such articles.

from a cellar or lowering them therein; and the object of my improvements is to provide a platform adapted for use in an inclined position upon the skid for boxes, sacks, &c., supplemented, when required, with an attachable horizontal platform adapted for elevating and lowering barrels, to render the device more complete, and to facilitate the removal or dumping of the article from the platform when raised.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents, in perspective, my improved elevating-skid with the sectional inclined platform; Fig. 2, alongitudinal section of the same, showing in dotted lines the upper section of the platform dropped out of the way over the upper end of the skid; Fig. 3,

Y the elevating-skid with the horizontal supplemental platform applied; and Fig. 4, a longitudinal section of the same, showing the manner of fastening the supplemental platform to the upper edge of the inclined platform. Fi g. 5 shows the supplemental platform.

The skid is formed of parallel beams c a, connected together by cross bars b, and beveled at their lower ends to rest upon the pavement, and at their upper ends to rest against the wagon or other place, when supported in an inclined position for use. On their inner sides the beams are provided with cleats or ways 0, below and parallel with their upper edges, upon which the platform moves and is confined. The platform is in two sections, d e, hinged together, so that the upper section, 0, when raised its full height, will drop down out of the way over the upper end of the skid or into the wagon, and thereby leave the sack or other article projecting over the upper end (No model.)

of the lower section to give freedom for handling and taking it off and for dumping boxes. The lower section has a guard, f, upon which the article rests when the inclined platform is used. The platform is raised by a cord, attached to its under side, and passing over a roller, h, at the upper end of the skid below the cleats, passes over and is attached to a winding-roller, 1', mounted 011 the skid near the middle of its length, and turned by a crank, j, applied to its end, which for that purpose projects at the side of the skid-beam. WVhen raised in dumping position, the platform is supported from falling down by a stop,

k, pivoted to the upper edge of the skid, andturned so that the platform will rest against it. The inclined platform is used for elevating or lowering such articles as can be safely supported against the guard 5 but for barrels I provide a supplemental horizontal platform, Z, fastened by a bolt, Z, or otherwise to the upper end of the inclined platform, and supported in a horizontal position by an under projecting cross-piece, m, resting on the guard f, where it joins the inclined platform. The supplemental platform is removably attached in any simple manner at its inner end, so that it cannot be tipped over, and its inner end is beveled to rest upon the inclined platform, and its supporting-piece m is beveled at its lower edge to rest in the angle of the guard and platform. If desired, the inclined plat form may be provided with angle-irons eX- tending beneath the ways to prevent the accidental displacement of the platform in loading. The platform may be provided with rolls, and the skid may be of any desired length and width. The upper end of the skid is provided with the usual holding hook-irons. The lower crossbar connecting the skid-beams forms the stop to hold the platform in place when lowered.

It will be understood that the upper section of the hinged platform will be supported upon the ways until its hinged end reaches the ends of the ways, when it will fall and hang in position to be drawn up upon the ways as the platform is lowered, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and that this dumping-section can be used with the supplemental platform to elevate articles with the barrel.

I claim 1. The elevating-skid having a platform upon and removably attached to the lower 20 provided with an upper hinged section adapted, when raised, to fall out of the way over the end of the skid, substantially as described,

5 for the purpose specified.

2. The elevatingskid having an inclined platform supplemented with a removable horizontal platform, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

IO 3. The supplemental platform having one end beveled and a cross-piece on one side near its other end, combined with the inclined platform and means for fastening the supplemental platform to the upper edge of the'in- 15 clined platform, substantially as described, for

the purpose specified.

4. The inclined platform having an upper hinged section, combined with a supplemental horizontal platform adapted to be supported section of the inclined platform, the skid, and means for elevating the platform, substantially as described.

5. The elevating-skid herein described,co nsisting of the skid, the inclined platform of 25 hinged sections, the attachable supplemental horizontal platform, the cord 9, the roller h, l the cranked Winding-roller z, and the pivoted stop 70, all constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

p In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SYLVESTER BAROUS.

WVitnesses:

J AMES W. CLARK, SAMUEL E. HAGY. 

